Early American Banking Nightmares and Local Obituaries
A Rhode Island bank founded in 1804 with $1,000,000 capital held only $19,000 in cash with $3,000 remaining after director withdrawals and a $750,000 loan taken by a buyer, ending with $85.36 in cash and unknown bills. Osceola notes deaths and local life events including Wm. Ferris Sr.’s passing at Osceola hospital, birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gentles of Los Angeles, and various visits, surgeries, and club activities in Osceola and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Wm. Ferris Sr
Osceola Hospital
Richard Gentles
Los Angeles
Calif
the Park Hospital
Frederick
New York City
Osceola Garden Club
M. E. Daniels
Everett Black
Fullerton
Walter Wells
Beverly Hennings
York
Phillip Johnson
Christmas Seal drive urged by local Legion Auxiliary
The Child's Welfare Department of the local American Legion Auxiliary leads this year's Christmas Seals campaign. About half of the funds stay with the Auxiliary for local welfare work, with higher returns possible if sales are large. Residents are urged to buy their quota from the Auxiliary as Christmas Seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Christmas events and local social notices in Wesley Chapel
Wesley Chapel residents plan a church Aid gathering and the W F M S Christmas party on Friday and Thursday respectively. Osceola Local Farmers Union meets at Miller schoolhouse next Monday with an oyster supper. Families to bring dishes and hot milk. Mrs Alma Peters visits Colorado and California relatives. Mrs R J Richmond returns from Denver to Fremont. Thanksgiving guests include Ellen Moore Madge Jr Roy Moore Hewitt Hobart Albright and the Hewitt family at Harry Hewitt’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Nelson
Neb
Fairview
Valley
Jack Malek
Grand Iland
N.E.B.O. Bridge Club
Phillip Nyberg
James Slama
Weir Swanson
Elma Dahlberg
Bernice ‘Dahlberg
Orville Jones
Lincoln
Jay McDonald
Crete
Maxine Brooks
Wesleyan
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
W. O. Fudge
Johnny
Roy Hultman
Omaha
Osceola
Henry VanHoosen
Fudge
Freida Buchholz
York
Lonnie Buchholz
Roy Morgan
Polk
Clarence Bryant
Maple Leaf Club
George Wieseman
Tom Meacham
J. N. Norton
Washington , C
W. W. Norton
Polk County
Olive McBeth
Methodist Arch
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Henry Westemeir
Lexington
Joe Wieseman
John M. Herrman
G. W. Locke
Central City
Carl Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Arthur Green
Denver
Hattie Fagg
Wesley Chapel Club
Hugo Schmoker
C. G. Dell
Herman Anderson
Lindsborg
Kansas
V. J. Johnson
Hubert Russell
Grayville
Ill
Ed Almstrom
W. J. Herbes
Howard Herbes
Harley
Clyde Smith
Allen Brubaker
Fred Adkins
Hastings
Melvin Herzog
Richard Brooks
Maxine
Stephen Brooks
Orville ‘Owl
Grand Island
Charles Hastings
Don Byers
Dewey Sigler
Minatare
Nebr
Bernita Burns
Beatrice
C. G. Burns
H. C. Hansen
Fremont
C. Guy Anderson
David Timm
Ivan Hastings
Timm
Marian Hulquist
Pender
Burt Hulquist
Carrol
Iowa
D. B. Hulquist
Marian
Methodist Church
Joel Hanson
Doris
Lowell
Victor VanHorn
Glenna
Harold ‘Wurst
Geneva
Herman Benda
Stromsburg
E. E. Miller
David City
Ruth Miller
W. O. Hansen
L. J. McFarland
Hebron
Hansen
E. A. Hedlund
Harold and
DeEtte
Im. G. Lindburg
Richard Matheson
Mary Katharyn
Frank Klein
Raymond Branting
Anita
O. F. Branting
Ben Johnson
Mabern Burney
Utica
Emma _ Sherwood
Ellen Kelly
Steven Sears
Mildred
Ellen Moore
Madge
Roy Moore
Frank
Harold Hewitt
Hobart Albright
Red Cloud
Harry Hewitt
Various Odds and Ends of Local Humor and Ads
Snippets include classroom chatter corrections, marriage and legal oddities, roof material pitches, speech stage fright tips, Shaw quips about women, a tale of a relief client, a court fine, winter house planning, a Scottish painter anecdote, Ping-Pong as a sport with DIY table ideas, and a theater marquee joke about drama.
Local families visit Osceola for holiday break
Mr and Mrs Donald Miller and their son from Gothenburg spent several days in Osceola with Mrs Campion and family. Mrs J E Steeple visits her daughter in Wilber. Mr and Mrs Alvin Anderson of Curtis brought their daughter to Osceola to spend holidays with John S Anderson before heading to Kearney for the rest of the vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Miller
Gothenburg
Wm. Campion
J. E. Steeple
Wilber
Irs
Alvin Anderson
Curtis
Osceola
John S. Anderson
Kearney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charlie Chan
Treasure Island
Our Gang Comedy
Merchant’s Ticket
SUN. Mon
Ann Southern
Traveltalk
Popular Science
Adm
Charles Laughton
Jamacia Inn
Jack
York Baldwins
Navy Beans Baker's
W.F. Kepner & Son
Steeple’s Store
Osceola Lumber CO
Ogeorge
Bernard Shaw
George
England
Fostoria
Nebraska
Cambridge
Elgin & Walteam
Rogers
York Theatre Bldg
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